anatomically correct without sexual connotation [closed]
I would like to be able to describe something as anatomically correct in the sense that I would have a doll, etc. that is essentially anatomically accurate, without conveying the sense that I am primarily referring to the accuracy of the sexual parts of the doll.
I would like to use this to refer to dolls that both have and do not have sexually accurate organs if possible.
Is there a simple and accepted expression?
After comparing search results for images using the suggested answers, I believe realistic is the best answer for this question. As is often the case, multiple answers are of good quality.
A doll that is exceptional for the accuracy of its representation of the human form, at whatever scale, and whether or not that extends to genitalia (which are likely to be covered by doll clothes anyhow), may be termed a realistic doll.
- resembling or simulating real life: a realistic decoy. (Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, 2010).
"An anatomically correct doll" is the right term for them. I believe the ones you refer to are meant for educational purposes.
An anatomically correct doll or anatomically precise doll is a doll with some of the primary and secondary sex characteristics of a human. In colloquial vernacular it usually refers to the genitals being depicted (after all, typical dolls are approximately anatomically correct with regard to most other parts of the anatomy). This can be for realism or educational purposes, as well as to satisfy inanimate fetishism. A very detailed type of anatomically correct doll may be used in questioning children who may have been sexually abused. The use of dolls as interview aids has been criticized, and the validity of information obtained this way has been contested.
Here is the picture of an anatomically correct doll.
If "without" means you want a phrase that does not refer to the sexual characteristics of the doll, consider
Lifelike
"Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait. — Life"like`ness, n. Poe." — Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1913
"Lifelike robotic cats are now toys for seniors" The headline of a C.N.B.C. online news article regarding premium pet robotic cats (Wayback Machine (W.M.) link).
I didn't filter A.R.T.F.L. Project's search results, so you might also notice this definition fromThe American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster "A. Like a living person." which I thought I'd also mention it demonstrates that the word usually describes the images a person, albeit it does not do so exclusively as those cat dolls demonstrate.
Sometimes, lifelike is used in the context of anatomically correct dolls, such as on this J.C. Penny webpage (W.B.M. link) or in the Daily Mail article entitled Disturbing or a fuss over nothing? Controversy over diaper change boy doll sold at Toys R Us because it has life-like genitals (W.B.M. Link). However please do notice that in those contexts, more specification is added to convey just how the dolls are lifelike (the jctoys website also uses the phrase anatomically correct). As far as I know, it is not an inherent signification of the word.